Research project
Innovating in Combat: Telecommunications and Intellectual Property in the First World War
- Start date: 2016
- End date: 2016
- Funder: Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
- Primary investigator: Graeme Gooday
- Co-investigators: Dr Stephen Johnston, Dr Elizabeth Bruton
Partners and collaborators
British Telecom archives, Imperial War Museum, Institution of Engineering and Technology archives, Porthcurno Telegraph Museum, Museum of the History of Science, Technology and Medicine
Description
The overall aim of the project is to help museums, archives, and the wider public to better appreciate the significance of telecommunications technologies and their usages during the Great War. The project draws upon the collective resources of partner museums and archives to deliver public events and generate electronic resources including educational materials.